SpaceX Launches Starlink Group 4-14

Starlink 4-14 Launches from SLC-40 | Credit: SpaceX

On Thursday, April 21 at 1:51am EDT (17:51 UTC), SpaceX launched the Starlink 4-14 with 53 Starlink v1.5 internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage for this mission (B1060), which previously flew on GPS III-3, Turksat 5A, Transporter-2, and 8 Starlink missions, landed on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 42nd orbital launch attempt of 2022, 158th SpaceX mission, and the 150th Falcon 9 launch.